The policies of reintroducing Liberal Studies into Hong Kong secondary schools

Educational Research for Policy and Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-40

  Chun Lok, Fung ^a   Wing Yan, Yip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Ball's policy cycle; Policy analysis; Reintroducing Liberal Studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 77149147416     PISSN: 15702081     EISSN: 15731723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10671-009-9076-3     Document Type: Article

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